Michael Shapiro interviewed thirty-two luminaries from the arts for "The Creative Spark". The book’s subjects include well-known and obscure personalities, with chefs, scientists, and musicians among them. Filmmaker Francis Ford... Read More

"Travels with Sushi in the Land of the Mind" is an intense and dramatic story in which curious children go on a magical adventure and confront powerful moral questions. Eduard Shyfrian’s religious allegory for young readers, "Travels... Read More

Carla Marie Manly’s inspiring "Aging Joyfully" recognizes that, from birth, people are pushed to let go and move from one developmental stage to the next. While adulthood is met with eagerness, she says, later years are regarded as... Read More

This focused historical novel ably captures a tumultuous period of American history. Kimberly Collins’s impressive historical novel, "Blood Creek", retells events surrounding the West Virginia coal mine wars through the escapades of an... Read More

Ellen Evert Hopman’s "The Sacred Herbs of Samhain" is a fascinating sourcebook of lore, history, magical methods, and practical information regarding plants sacred to the festival of Samhain. Samhain, observed at the end of the Celtic... Read More

Lutheran priest Emmy Kegler’s "One Coin Found" rejects easy notions of Christianity to examine human struggles, identity, and the stories that US Christians tell about who does and doesn’t belong in the bailiwick of God’s love.... Read More

Kendall Vanderslice’s tantalizing "We Will Feast" showcases the power of food in Christian faith communities. Most people have experienced intense bonding over a meal, but why and how does it happen—and can eating occupy a central... Read More

Teri Terry’s "Contagion" is a riveting, paranormal start to a new science fiction trilogy. When sixteen-year-old Shay, who’s hooked on quantum physics, realizes that she was the last person to see missing eleven-year-old Callie, she... Read More